Improved ice-creeper



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WILLIAM B. GOA-TES, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, vFOR ONE-HALF; T0 JOSEPH LEEDS,.OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 98,668, dated January 1l, 1870.

IMPRovED ICE-campen.

*hops- 'ihe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

` To all whom it may concern hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof. 1

My object is to make a better and surer ice-creeper than now used.

The nature of my invent-ion consists in animproved ice-creeper, so arranged as to' be quickly adjusted to thefoot, the sole and heel being partially or entirely covered with woollen cloth, which adheres to the ice, and. prevents slipping on icy pavements.

Io enable others skilled in the art to make and use my linvent-ion, I'will proceed to describe its const-ruetionand operation.

Inreference to the drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specicationl Figure 1 is a side elevation of my icefcreeper, adjusted on a boot.

Figure 2- is a section of .heel-stay, showing the slit I.

Figure 3 is a top view of heel-stay, showing the heel-strap C.

Figure 4 is aperspective view of my improvedicecreeper.

1n manufacturing the ice-creeper, leather, cotton cloth, or other suitable matelials will be used. Riveting and sewing can heused in connection if desired.

In manufacturing the ice-creeper, I shall use leatheror vother equivalent mate1ial,and will sew or rivet the parts together, as may seem most desirable.,-

I constructthe creeper' 'with a heel-stay, B, having a transverse slit at the .back part, I, for securing the4 upper end of the heel-cloth H, the lower end being attached to the heel-strap O. f

.At each upper corner, a strap and buckle, G, are secured, so as to reach over the instep and be buckled.

The strip of woollen cloth is put vthrough the slit` '1, and pinned or sewed down liat on the cloth below the lower edge of heelistay B', and the other end is wrapped around the heel-strap C, and pinned or sewed on to the cloth, to the right of .the heel-strap. y

The woollen cloth should be rather coarse, (and if ribbed, the`better,) as this adds to the non-slipping tendency of the foothold.

The creeper is put on the heel first, with heel-strap under the hollow of the foot, near the heel, and the two long straps buckled over the instep.

' The leather portion of my ice-creeper will last for some years, and the woollen strips can be renewed when required, though they will not want renewing as frequently as some might imagine.

VThis creeper can be furnished cheaply, and will not be required to be taken o the heel when the wearer enters a house or walks on a. carpet.

\ I disclaim the invention of an ice-sandal, extending around the heel and sole of the foot.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The ice-creeper, when made of heel-stay B, heelstrap C, and strap and buckle G, the heel-stay being provided with a slit, I, in which one end of a strip of woven woollen cloth, H, is secued, the other end being fastened to the heel-strap C, tbe whole constructed for the purposesI set forth and as described.

WILLIAM B. COATES.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH Lnnns,

JOHN T. HOUGHTON. 

